Telegram-herald., 1887-12-29

TOWNS TOPICS.
Merchants zsioios vsry mGen over their
Cbnsts1as lEszs-
TIE Salvation Arug siii hold . watch
ms<siBg SATURDAY sFeniaz-
The Nafxasen ST fas tizls f8r the 1ss
rl0ek "a ne Cisg IA. fsseeFasE-
The street car e1Iaaalsa ke0E czrs nov
Ia ca aEnt yesterday .n spife tna sB1s-
I'd leaves zor1k. 81 he g. E. & 1.
frsizkt of71e seil "a The street. yesterday
sad sprslEsd his wf.zi severely.
Holiday lrasai s rsaorssi very good On
81 lhe ssssis sn1erins ths clty, kae Chicago
tr4ins esing the mcss ilbsEsiiy pztfonizri-
soms of the xsat.easa Hso scar horns
will make their ozhus 40 minstrel psfforni-
ss a. lhs El6s 1oelal eext catafd&T alsnt
Mayor Dikemza III mest with the
fafnisbIng eommitfes 5o1>S ios TIE purpose
ef sslsc1ag faraltnfs hor the nss Gay
Hal
TIE street Rail ssy Company zrs anxious
" bay hoIses Those Aasiag any iof sale
eaa talk business 81 thsir oIlee IN the Pierce
Block.
The regular messing Of The Equal Suffrage
Ass0ciafl0a, which sboala hats been hsld
yesterday. has oesn postponed unll2 Jann-
sEy II.
Dr.s. Z. Wooster, Of this city. wAs pre-
seated slih fine gold headed eaae ss
souvenir OF Christmas oy q. T. hills. OF
knskegon.
The sale Of reserved seats for Obsr's
illustrated Mexico viii opsa Al Geo. A.
Hail q Cos bookstors Al 10 O'Clock tnis
forsn0on-
The Christmas number Of the Dsftan.
published oY tne Gamms Delta Psis os me
Central high school Is 0ot- IL Il very
Cfeditaoie number.
The Bible class Of the Fourth Reformed
church presented theif pastor, Rev. Jonn
q. bebaun. sith handsome easy chair as
q Christmas rsmemhrsnee.
United states District Attorney Godrin
Is In Aarquette cOnductlng an examination
before Jniiea States Commissioner Tor
violation Of the postal laws.
julius A. j. Friedrich presented each
sf BIS employees win Christmas
giff, Mas Jennie Wsls0u receiving two me
bcsls Of Mozart and Beethogen-
The funeral Of Mrs. Hannah Wayne was
held yesterday afternoon IRON the resi-
dsnce Of T.. @. Brown. a. Wayeriy Place,
and sas quite largely ztEs ended.
Arthur Purdy was taken % Ioaia yester-
dAy BY sheriff Bishop. and will serve OUT
sentence of ninety days for passing forged
checks on the White Elephant Cais.
The lads and lassies OF the Salvation
Army will watch the Old year oct and the
new nea< In next saturday. 50 will the
attaches OF the morning newspapers.
man rode over from MuskexOn night
before isst and escaped paying bis fare BY
eliBging 30 the ventilaEor on the top OF
coach II sas cold Gay and be didn't get
lat.
Prohibitionisis should go 10 Powers
Grand tonight. There VIII be tank on the
stage with 5000 gall0us OF water. thor-
oughly filtered and warranted not from
Grand River.
The illustrated lecture Of r. A. Ober on
Mexico az Hartmans Hall tomorrow even
ing IS calculated 70 be entertaining for
school children. and for that reason they
will be admitted for - 4nts.
The next session Of ths Board OF Super
visors occurs Monday. January 2. next
weex. All persons having claims against
Kent county should present them To the
County Clerk on or before that day.
A special meeting of the Grand Rapids
Police Relisf and Benefit Association was
held yesterday TO perfect some arrange
roents for the future benefit Of the order,
bat nothing definite was decided uson-
Il Is said that over twensy-thrss saloons
were spotted ON Christmas Monday legal
holiday Tor Keeping open. lno oTDcors
dressed In citizens clothes dropped in and
smiled" and secured damaging evidence.
m there are any fssrs in regard 10 the
possibility OF the ice harvest falling. the
weather OF ths past twenty-four hours
should DO away with them IL has bean
nearly cold enough TO freezs the letters od
tooao stone.
gentleman who arrived from Big
Rapids last night. reports the storm Of the
night before ss being one OF the worst ever
experienced The wind blew . gale and the
snow driftsd so badly that walking was al
most impossible.
Rev Or. Knapp. Of Grand Haven, who
has been secured IS rector by the Grace
church people. win preach bis initial ser.
mon next sunday. He viii De IN attend
sncs at the church festival To De he'd on
Friday evening next-
James Fell has received an oifsr from
New York parties FOR three fights-tvo for
ksO0 and oue for 500. One of these fights
will be with Jack Dempsey. Fell viii ac-
ceps them, and will leave for the East ss
soon a. arrangements can be made IN writ
ing.
The predictions. according TO reports re-
ceived bv the railway officials. are that to-
day &ichigsn viii be visited ey fierce
blizzard. Yesterday trains on ths @. r. &
l. north we're greatly interrupted ey drifts
AT Man cei0na the storm vas. the worst tna
has been chronicled in years.